Father of Druze youth stabbed in Tel Aviv: "I'm not allowed to speak Arabic? My mother tongue?"

Amal Abu Rukun, father of the Druze youth stabbed in Tel Aviv for speaking Arabic, told Kan News about the attack and his frustration: "What, I'm not allowed to speak Arabic? My mother tongue?" His son Erez is hospitalized at Ichilov with injuries to his hand, back, and face. Two of the attackers have been arrested.

Amal Abu Rukun, father of Erez Abu Rukun, a Druze youth stabbed over the weekend in Tel Aviv for speaking Arabic, was interviewed today (Monday) on Kan News' program "In the Middle of the Day." According to him, his son went to celebrate a birthday with two Druze soldier friends at a club in Tel Aviv. When the soldiers spoke Arabic among themselves, one of those present looked at them with hostility. Erez tried to calm things down, but later noticed one of the attackers pulling out a knife. Erez jumped on him to protect his soldier friend, struggled for the knife, and was seriously injured in his hand, back, and face. He lost consciousness, and the attacker continued to stab him. Abu Rukun harshly criticized the lack of help from the security guards at the scene and called for the arrest of the attackers. He expressed frustration that his son was stabbed solely because of his mother tongue, and said that despite the incident, his son is determined to enlist in the IDF in three months. Two of the attackers have been arrested.